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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

10,000 Birds

Porcupines throw their quills! Porcupines can’t shoot their quills, any more than people can shoot their hair. So right from the beginning, none of this makes any sense. Feel free to vent!”. If you see a raccoon during the day, it must have rabies! Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Here’s one,” wrote Debbie Lefebre.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

10,000 Birds

The eyes are still not developed enough to open, and the feet are just strong enough to help right a toppled chick. My co-worker thinks a better name for them is porcupine parrotlets. In these pictures you can see the white egg tooth used for pipping the egg still attached to the front of the barely developed bill.

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